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单词 too clever by half
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too clever by half

phrase
If someone is too clever by half, they are very clever and they show their cleverness in a way that annoys other people.
[British, disapproval]
His many admirers describe him as clever: his enemies as too clever by half.
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Examples of 'too clever by half' in a sentence
too clever by half

Good planning or too clever by half?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Your heart says that they are being too clever by half.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Well, yes, and you could also argue that it was too clever by half.
Globe and Mail (2003)
People can, after all, be 'too clever by half', too cognitive.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
More proof that lawyers are too clever by half.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It was all too clever by half.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They can get their self-worth by being disruptive and too clever by half.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
His detractors say he is either too clever by half or else too sentimental.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
No, just a jumped-up thug who thinks he is too clever by half.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He is a glittering example of the admonishment 'too clever by half'.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
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